BJP Calls For Rollback Of Police Recruitment Notice Preventing West Pak Refugees From Applying

The Jammu and Kashmir BJP on Thursday urged the state administration to roll back its recent notification for the recruitment of police personnel in border belts which debarred west Pakistan refugees from applying. The party said west Pakistan refugees are part and parcel of the state’s eco-system since Independence.

The police department had in July and August announced recruitment in newly-raised women and border battalions where state subject has been kept a condition, which deprives west Pakistan refugees of applying for the jobs.

“The BJP appeals to the state administration to intervene and issue suitable instructions to DGP, J&K to withdraw this notice and issue fresh notification without State Subject being a mandatory requirement,” party spokesperson Brig Anil Gupta told reporters here. In case of any legal lacuna, the recruitment process should be held in abeyance till October 31 and a fresh notification be issued thereafter, Brig Gupta urged.

The BJP also expressed dismay at the fact that the state subject has been kept as the main criteria for applying for the posts of constables in the woman police battalion and the border police battalion with 60 percent reserved quota for residents of border districts. The two battalions were sanctioned for Jammu and Kashmir divisions by the Ministry of Home Affairs as a special gesture towards border residents.

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